Join leading experts at the Global Health Symposium as they share insights on innovative approaches to strengthening health systems and advancing evidence-based policymaking. The symposium will explore Indonesia’s experience in health system transformation and the role of health insurance in improving healthcare access, promoting equity, and ensuring system sustainability.
Participants will also learn about the application of Small Area Estimation (SAE) techniques to generate reliable local-level health indicators that support targeted interventions and informed resource allocation. In addition, the symposium will highlight how health facility and health insurance data can be leveraged to produce actionable evidence for policy development, programme evaluation, and strategic health system planning.
Through these discussions, attendees will gain valuable perspectives on how data, analytics, and healthcare financing can be integrated to drive more effective and equitable health systems.
Speakers
Associate Professor Dr Tharani Loganathan
Dr Tharani Loganathan is a Public Health Medical Specialist in Health Economics and a Medical Lecturer at the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya. She coordinates several postgraduate modules, including Global Health and Global Health Leadership. With over 17 years of experience in Malaysia’s health sector, her work focuses on health systems, health policy, universal health coverage, and health equity. She has conducted influential research on vaccine economics, migrant health, and access to education for non-citizen children. She is also an Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in Southeast Asia.
Associate Professor Dr Ede Surya Darmawan
Assoc. Prof. Dr Ede Surya Darmawan is a faculty member at the Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, where he has served since 2001. He currently leads the Master’s Programme in Hospital Administration and has held several leadership roles in research and development. His expertise includes health systems, healthcare management, and policy development at local government levels. He has collaborated extensively with government ministries, international organisations, and development agencies, including WHO, UNDP, UNICEF, USAID, and AusAID, contributing to health system strengthening and public health initiatives across Indonesia.
Dr Ita Wulandari
Ita Wulandari is a researcher and data scientist specialising in statistics and data science applications for public health, population studies, and humanitarian research. Her areas of expertise include small area estimation, spatial modelling, classification methods, survival analysis, and variable selection. She applies advanced analytical techniques to address complex challenges in health and social research. Proficient in a range of statistical and geospatial software, including R, SPSS, GIS, MATLAB, Minitab, and SAS, she is committed to producing evidence-based insights that support data-driven decision-making and policy development.
Syarif Rahman Hasibuan
Syarif Rahman Hasibuan is a public health researcher specialising in the analysis of large-scale healthcare claims data within Indonesia’s national health insurance system. His work examines disparities in healthcare utilisation, costs, and outcomes to support more equitable health systems. Using real-world data from millions of healthcare records, he identifies service gaps, maps health inequities, and produces policy-relevant evidence for decision-makers. His research interests include health informatics, healthcare utilisation, preventive care planning, and data-driven health policy, with a focus on advancing precision public health and equitable resource allocation.
Tentative Programme
| Time | Activity | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration | – |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Welcome & Introduction | Associate Professor Dr Tharani Loganathan |
| 09:10 – 10:00 | Health System Transformation and the Role of Health Insurance in Indonesia | Professor Dr Ede Surya Darmawan |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Using Small Area Estimation (SAE) in Predicting Health Indicator Performance | Dr Ita Wulandari |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Using Health Facility Databases (Health Insurance Data Samples) for Policy Analysis | Syarif Rahman Hasibuan |
| 12:00 | Closing | – |
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